Spring-repairer.



J. OUIMETTE.

SPRING REPAIRER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 1912.

1,144,945. 1 Patented June 29, 1915.

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i SPRING-REPAIEERL To all whom it may, concern: 1 I I Be it known that I, JOSEPH OUIMnT'rE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Southbridge, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Spring-Repairer, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a device for repairing vehicle springs in use on automobiles, trucks, and the like, for preventing breakage and for absorbing the shocks.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a device of this character which can be applied readily and firmly in such a way that it is not in the least likely to get out of place, and which will be adjustable to provide for springs of different widths; also to provide a construction in which the parts can be reversed so that it can be used either to bridge a clip when the break is at the clip or to apply to the end of the spring, and which can be used on a perfect spring to reduce the shock and the danger of breakage.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view. of a part of a broken spring with a preferred form of this invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a side view of a spring showing the device applied at one side of the clip'; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing another way of using it; Fig. 4: is a plan of one end of the bridge piece, and Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a removable element forming part of the invention. I

The invention is illustrated in a form in which it comprises a main bridge piece 10 raised at the center to permit it to pass over the clip a by which the spring I) is ordinarily secured to the axle. In ordinary use the device is made to bridge this clip and to clamp the spring on opposite sides thereof. The bridge piece is provided with a transverse head 12 at each end having elongated slots 13 therein near the edges. The lower faces of these ends are convex at 14 to fit the top surface of a spring of the usual elliptical shape. Passing through the perforations 13 are a pair of bolts 15 which screw into bottom stay pieces 16. These stay pieces have their surfaces concave and slanted at 17 to fit the bottom of the elliptical spring, this surface being complementary to the surface 14a i The bolts screw into these I Specification of Letters Yatent. l. Patlgntedgfung 29,1915 Application filed November 1 19112.

7 Serial No. 731,239.

7 pieces and check nuts 19 are'provided below for 'fixing'them in position.

F or the purpose of more fully uniting and fixing the parts, especially when all the leaves of the spring are broken, a bottom piece 20 is provided having a width substantially the same as that of a leaf of the spring and a shape to fit the bottom of the spring. This piece is provided with heads 21 at the ends engaging over the edges of the stay used in the position shown in Fig. 3, the device has to be reversed, and one of the stay pieces is reversed relatively to the bridge piece. This constitutes an extremely rigid and firm. device for the purpose intended, the fitting surfaces 14- and l7 preventing rocking of the parts on the spring and the construction providing for securely holding all the elements in position even when all leaves of the spring are broken. I find in practicealso that when the device is used as shown in Fig. 1 it furnishes means for transmitting the shocks from one side of the spring directly to the other, thus equalizing the motion on both sides, and it makes the vehicle ride easier and prevents breakage.

While I have illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of the invention I am aware of the fact that many modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims. Therefore I do not wish to be limited to all the details of construction herein shown and I described, but

What I do claim is 1. As an article of manufacture, a spring of the stay pieces being formed at an acute angle to the plane of the bridge and said stay pieces being reversible, whereby the angular relation of the engaging faces ofthe bridge and stay pieces-may-be changed rela tively to each other.

2. As an article of repairer comprising a bridge piece engaging one side of aspring a pair of stay. pieces engaging the other side of the spring, bolts 7 connecting said bridge and said stay pieces,-

and a rigid longitudinal member adapted to fit betWeen'the spring andf the stay pieces,

manufacture, a spring Witnesses.

pieces and being efiective to prevent longitudinal separation thereof.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two subscribing JOSEPH OUIMETTE.

s "Witnesses ALBERT E. FAY, O FORREST WESSON.

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